Nia Benjamin

Nia Benjamin is a Black agender, queer performer, filmmaker, set and installation designer, video artist, director and producer of experimental theatre. Their work uses the synthesis of dance, poetry, live music, theatre and video arts to create live performances and media about the sovereignty, liberation and interiority of Black and Brown, queer and trans* people. Nia is the Co-Artistic Director of Ninth Planet, a Philadelphia based experimental dance-theatre company that makes original works of performance that centers people of color, women, queer and trans* people.